Researchers from Bonn and Japan have found that the sharing of proteins and calcium makes synaptic plasticity a collective ...

The axon initial segment (AIS) is where nerve signals begin, and its adaptability is key to brain function. Scientists have found that the AIS changes in response to activity levels, helping neurons ...

Given their importance in brain function, it is not surprising that improper synapse development and plasticity have been implicated in a wide range of neurodevelopmental, neuropsychiatric, and ...

Greenberg established that Fos and other genes mediate long-term synaptic plasticity, but scientists continued to puzzle over how synaptic ... Fragile X syndrome and Alzheimer’s have both been linked ...

Neuronal outgrowth, regeneration, synapse formation and plasticity are pivotal not only for normal brain development and function, but also for brain repair after injury or degeneration. The primary ...

Synapse Organization in Health and Disease Synapse size and strength is tightly ... Excitingly, we now also study Crimpy’s mouse ortholog, called Crim1, in mammalian motorneuron development, together ...